French Tech: AI startups raise 37.7 million euros in one week

Artificial intelligence continues to dominate French startup funding. This week, six AI-driven companies raised a combined 37.7 million euros, which accounts for more than 90% of the 41 million euros raised in total by French Tech.

The biggest rounds

Two companies led the week with 10 million euros each. INEVITABLE is a film studio that combines previsualization with artificial intelligence to speed up the production of movies and series. Bageera is an electrical and HVAC group that deploys a proprietary platform and AI agents across the small and mid-sized businesses it acquires.

Wormsensing followed with 6.5 million euros for its industrial equipment monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions. Bleu Robotics raised 5 million euros to develop AI models and software for industrial humanoid robots.

Consumer and health applications

AQQI secured 4 million euros for an AI assistant that guides individuals through the entire process of buying a home. AIMA raised 2.2 million euros for an AI-assisted liquid biopsy designed for early cancer detection and monitoring.

Why it matters

The list shows how widely AI is spreading across sectors: entertainment, building trades, industrial maintenance, robotics, real estate and healthcare. Several of these companies do not sell AI as a standalone product. They embed it in existing activities, such as acquiring traditional businesses or monitoring machines.

The figures also show how concentrated funding has become. With AI companies taking the vast majority of the week's total, the remaining sectors shared only a small fraction of the capital raised.